Health professionals in Flanders perceive the potential health risks of vaping as lower than those of smoking but do not recommend using e-cigarettes to their smoking patients

Harm Reduction Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Van Gucht, Dinska ^a,b   Baeyens, Frank ^b  

^a Thomas More University College   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Electronic cigarette; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DEVICE SAFETY; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; ADVERSE DEVICE EFFECT; BELGIUM; COUNSELING; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERCEPTION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VAPING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BELGIUM; COUNSELING; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PERCEPTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VAPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84975722784     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12954-016-0111-4     Document Type: Article

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